The City Council of Libertador municipality in Caracas, with a PSUV majority, approved a resolution to change our capital’s anthem, its coat of arms and flag. But it’s not the same as other examples of revising history.
Here's a comment from our PRR team extracted from last Friday's report
A Venezuelan weightlifter winning silver in Tokyo is the embodiment of the hardships to train, the vulnerability of the poor to the regime’s manipulation, and the lack of empathy in our public opinion
The vice president of Citizen Safety ordered that all facades in downtown Caracas must be painted in a specific shade of gray to commemorate the Battle of Carabobo.
The PSUV-controlled parliament is going forward with a law to increase the existing influence of 45,000 Communal Councils and its related control structures
Our PRR Team takes a look at the latest moves in the power dynamics within chavismo and the opposition, including that which Chavez never dared consider (until it was too late): preparing for succession
The Economist’s Democracy Index ranked Venezuela in position 143, out of 167, while Freedom House gave us 14 points (on a 0 to 100 scale). The pandemic (plus Maduro) took us farther from our dream
This year, like 2019, leaves a different country behind, with a more solid dictatorship, the expanding impact of sanctions and the pandemic. A different reality demands a different conversation
On December 6th, Venezuela held an obscure parliamentary election where the government party ran virtually uncontested. Here’s our initial take of its outcome
The charade of December 6th, 2020, is no one’s idea of a fair election. It will be remembered for burying the last duly elected institution left in Venezuela, and clarifying our present predicament
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